So The Falcons Really Drafted Michael Penix, Huh?
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Why I do Draft Grades Videos:
This is a fun exercise to visit how I believe these players will produce for these teams, what these coaches and players can work on to make these Grades look wrong in a few years, vice versa, as well as what these Drafts might tell us about a certain team’s plans or opinions on existing players on their roster or the types of schemes they are looking to run.
DRAFT GRADING CRITERIA
DAYS 1 & 2
“S” -Certified Steal
• Need, team/scheme fit check out and the value is better than expected
“A”
• Value, need, and team/scheme fit all check out
“B”
• Good pick, but one of the following apply
o Player was a slight reach
o Positional value in question (1st Round Only)
o Team passed on a better player at the position for the team
o Team ignored value at a major need (1st Round Only)
o Team/Scheme fit is in question
o An otherwise “C” graded pick due to value and/or better players being available, but a massive hole at a value position (QB, OT, WR, ED, DT, CB) was addressed in Round 1 with a still good player that wouldn’t have been available for the team later
“C”
• Fine pick but two of the following apply
o Player was a slight reach
o Positional value in question (1st Round Only)
o Team passed on a better player at the position for the team
o Team ignored value at a major need with (1st Round Only)
o Team/Scheme fit is in question
“D”
• Pick is in question as three of the following apply
o Player was a Slight reach
o Positional value in question (1st Round Only)
o Team passed on a better player at the position for the team
o Team ignored value at a major need with (1st Round Only)
o Team/Scheme fit is in question
OR Player was a major reach
“F”
• A truly inexplicable pick as player was a major reach, AND team passed on a better player at the position for the team, team/scheme fit is in question, or team ignored value at a major need or positional value is in question (1st Round Only)
"-" May be applied if pick required a high trade-up price
DAY 3
Certified Steal (Purple)
• Team stole a player who had a Day 1 or 2 grade who has a legit shot to be an impact player
Great Pick (Green)
• Team found above average value and a player with a legit chance to start within the first couple of seasons with the team OR a great role player in a key spot right away (Goal line back, #3 D-Lineman, TE2, dime back, kick returner, etc.)
Good Pick (Blue)
• Value lines up and player is in a great scheme or opportunity to find success as a starter or key role player relative to most Day 3 picks
Solid Pick (White)
• No notable criticisms of the pick but expectations should be tampered as with any Day 3 Pick
Reach / Will Regret Not Taking… / Not a fan (Orange)
• (Round 4 & 5 only) Player was a notable reach and/or notably better players would have been better picks, but the player still had a draftable grade
• (Round 6 & 7) Player was evaluated and did not have a draftable grade Massive
Reach (Red)
• (Round 4 & 5 only) Team took a player who did not have a draftable grade OR reached multiple rounds while passing on several better options for the position
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As a Falcon fan we drafted three players with our first three picks who won't even start this year it's insane
only one not starting is penix wym
And yet the front office says they wanna win now
Imagine growing up with your name being penix
This was an amazing draft. We were never going to win the Superbowl this year. I'd rather build for 3-4 years from now when we have a chance
@@edwinurey4927Then why would you sign Kirk cousins? Without him you could justify this draft more. They should’ve drafted McCarthy and this is coming from someone who doesn’t like JJ. He has more upside and is younger. Penix gonna be damn near 30 by the time he gets on the field
Based, normally the saints (and rest of the NFC South) are last in stuff like this but thanks to the falcons weve been propelled to the front of all draft content
lmao win win
😂😂😂
For real shoutout to the Falcons for making people care about the division at their expense lol
As an AFC fan, Falcons should still win the division and definitely have a brighter future than the Saints. If Penix hits, Falcons have a great future. Saints, though have no identity & have one of the oldest rosters in the league. Would rather be a Falcons fan now than a Saints fan lol
I’m gonna be stealing “couldn’t see a hole even if he were at a Dunkin Donuts”, TYVM.
"Couldnt see a hole at a Dunkin Donuts" 🤣🤣
The Orhorhoro pick was one of the worst picks we've ever made, your telling me he wasn't going to be there 6 picks later. Lose one of our 3rd round picks.
Oh yeah. Newton is like 2 rounds better at least and with the corners or dts available level awful choice
@@vsauce4678newton isn’t a 3T, he has to go to a 4-3
Also Marcus just be aware of the amount of Terry Fontanut apologists on Twitter is huge it’s crazy
I can't praise Marcus enough for his outstanding draft content.. in both quality and quantity.
Looking forward to the deep dives soon 🙏🏾🙏🏾
This was the first Saints draft that I've liked in years
As a panthers fan, I'm glad my team has not gotten bad publicity of late after last season. Still feel bad for falcons fans but at least the falcons should be competing.
Dan Morgan looking like he might be a great decision maker.
@@agayactornamedmichaeldougl6289 As a Falcons fan, I was disappointed that Legette went to Carolina, I was really hoping they traded up for Coleman, Legette is impossible to root against even in blue and black, I think our draft will age well, but I'm rooting for the Carolina mediocrity so they don't ever push out the owner, they'll never win the division with that guy.
Well they signed the best head coach candidate
Your owner keeps trying with all his stunts. 😂
Lol panthers fans are always so meek when talking about their team
Like the way you show game clips, not all channels do that. Also the way you go into detail about each player. This is slowly becoming 1 of my favorite channels
Same here I believe his channel is going blow up here soon. He'll probably have over 200k subscribers by summertime.
I love the Spencer rattler pick. Think he really has a high ceiling and had a lot of grit to stick with it at South Carolina. All the reality show character concerns are BS to me. Imagine a camera in your face while your talking to your boys in high school. We’d all look like idiots lol
Couldn’t see a hole at a duckin donuts 😂
Keep pounding! Thanks Franchise guy
I feel like this is like the third year in a row you’ve said the Bucs have had your favorite pick in the draft. Not all have worked out like Darden but it gets me excited every year for our rookies, hopefully him and McCollum can step up big for us
I gotta say Marcus a lot of your pre draft analysis was spot on with how the NFL evaluated this draft as a whole. Great work my man.
As a Panthers fan you're speaking exactly what I wanted to hear about Bryce and the offseason we had! Everyone loves to criticize our moves but we got some of the best OLineman in FA, got a star WR in Diontae, and then addressed most other needs in the draft, and we were able to get the WR we wanted most AND got a free 2nd next year!
Always love these, thanks for all the incredible work Marcus!
Falcons fan here who is baffled by the decisions still. We spent massive draft capital for backups and rotation pieces. Our GM is wildly overestimating the talen on the team, and its likely going to cost him his job
I can't tell if they're overestimating the talent on the team or their ability to evaluate players. For a team that has been bad as long as they have, it's ballsy to think they're smarter than everyone else.
Him losing his job could be a good thing. Although with the nfl theres way too high of a probability that he would be replaced by someone whos a similar level of incompetent.
falcons fan here thank you broooo right on my lunch break too
this dropping minutes before my long drive❤
Tfg churning out the content, love it
Thanks for the content!
If Rattler went to Bama or Georgia when he transferred. I think he goes alot earlier. But the best late QB was Pratt. 😢 Now my mortal enemy 😅😅😅 Pratt on Bama or Georgia. 😳😳 We might be talking a Jayden Daniels type pick 🤷🏻💯 Draft is so much hype. Then, investment matters so, you'll try and develop a Zach Wilson, hang onto him longer than say a later pick. Then you look at coaching, does the Coach believe in this player. How many new OC/DCs, QB coaches etc. New HC? All that you built with the old coach is gone. That stuff prevents later picks from being as good. Pratt tho, a lot like Jordan Love, Kellen Mond. Very smooth player.
As a falcons fan I never get joy from the draft 😢we didn’t draft a single week 1 starter
Ruke is gonna get rotational snaps week 1 and could be a starter some weeks.
What's your definition of starter?
Ruke MIGHT play rotationally. We have a decent interior group. Trice is 100% playing day one maybe starting more likely rotationally . Penix... I don't want to talk about it
As a falcons fan, we didn’t need a starter, every spot is filled, even if we got Dallas Turner, who said he gon be a difference maker, offensive line was 1 of the best in the league, skill positions is filled, defensive line was our problem but you drafted bout 4 DL n Edge but I’ve noticed the ones who say it was a bad draft, r the ones who don’t even know who we got cause they don’t watch college football till the playoffs
@@ItsKillaBouie We need safety 2 cornerback 2 a good edge and we packed up a qb that is going to sit for 3 years. Why pay Kirk 40 mil if your going to spend a top pick to plan for the future. That's why nobody likes the class. I think he's fine and could be good but we have A LOT of needs on defense and could of picked of any Defender we wanted.
they drafted deion!
39:50 Get number 8 a map and a visit to the blue tent LMFAO
I'm a Falcons fan and I agree with the D+. There's a good chance we don't see any of these players getting much time on the field this season. In the first two rounds, they passed on a potential WR1, multiple potential starting edges, multiple potential CB2s, and a couple DTs who could have been major rotational contributors immediately. Either TF is a genius or he's going to look like an idiot. We'll find out.
Kirk was signed to bring them to the next level. They had huge areas of needs on the defense that could have helped elevate the team. This pick makes zero sense.
What’s our needs then since u know more than TF
@@ItsKillaBouie Trade pack with one of the teams linked to Penix. Take Turner, then CB
The reason it makes sense: Next years QB class is very weak. With Kirk, ATL will not be picking high enough for a top QB prospect again in the next few years. Kirk has 2 years in his deal. This was their only chance to get a QB of the future and MPJ was one of their top players in the draft
@@MarchOnRome You're happy with him over JJ? Personally had Penix higher, but that wasn't exactly consensus
Panthers fan, Im really happy with this draft, I dont think this will end up a winning season or anything, but we’ve got pieces for the future
Been looking forward to this since yesterday
I don’t think you need to have your little speech to the haters at the beginning. Just jump straight into the grades stuff.
I mean, that's what the video divisions are for
Marcus, great analysis again. I agree with all of them.
Can't believe how good of an off-season the Panthers have had. After last year's disaster I had absolutely no faith in the team being good anytime soon, and felt whatever potential Bryce Young had would be ruined by an awful front office. But now I dare to have hope again. Dan Morgan has seemingly made all the right moves (on paper), and Dave Canales has an electric personality and energy and makes me feel like he has the "it" factor, like Dan Campbell or Sean McVay. I truly feel like he was the best possible hire for this team right now, and it also seems like David Tepper has actually stepped back and is just letting the football guys cook.
Overall I think we're on the right path to be truly competitive in the next couple of years, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they end up with 9 wins competing for the division this year.
Thank you Marcus ❤️
Aside from the Falcons, I weirdly love every single class in the NFC South. The three other teams all had these quiet drafts where I didn't realize they were getting so much value until I looked back on it and was like... damn, I really like these classes. The Panthers got a much needed jolt offensively. The Saints got a couple of sure-fire quality players and a couple good dart throws. The Bucs were also really good and got my favorite lineman.
"Miles Sanders couldn't see a hole at Dunkin Donuts" is absolutely wild Marcus is cooking
Been looking forward to this
“I’ve been looking forward to this”
At this point Terry Fontenot doesn’t know what he’s doing
Tfg. During an engineering finals week, you are giving me a happy place.
Hell yeah bump these out
you called juwan johnson ( saints Te ) jauan jennings lol
As a panthers fans couldn’t agree more with your analysis. I’m a little concerned about the corner room. I think passing on Dejean was an L. But hopefully that future second will make up for it.
Lots of buzz about Stephon Gilmore getting signed soon
Something about Marcus and his work you can just see the passion oozing; authentically devoted to the game🕒🌙🔥
🙏❤️
Elijah Klein was my teammate in high school. Used to line up against him at DT. Super happy for him that he got drafted
This was nice to hear as a Panthers fan as they got pretty bad grades from most other experts
I agree with the Falcons 2nd round pick being the more questionable of the first two. Can't understand Ruke over Johnny Newton, and trading up makes it look even worse. Orhorhoro did light up the combine so maybe there's some untapped potential there I guess?
I'm a bucs fan and I agree with with option.... s teers I thought was alittle much but I think ur right!
Atlanta, Chicago, Packers was fighting for that Final Wild Card to end the season. All 3 teams will likely be better, but fighting for those same spots. Jmo
Falcons Draft: At first I also felt bad for Kirk from a person perspective. He wants to retire a falcons and loves the area. But he’s making $100 Million guaranteed for 2 years. That should smooth things over. 100% agree with your assessment on the 2nd round pick. That one bothers me more than the Penix situation. Giving up a 3rd to reach for a DT (according to 99% of analysts) over guys like Newton, Dejean, and Kool-aid. When ATL desperately needs a CB2! I think they rebounded well with their 3rd and 4th rounders to somewhat save their draft. Raheem and Fontenot seems to have tremendous confidence that coaching and get the best out of this roster. But I remember the condescending confidence of the previous guy so I’m hesitant to believe. Hard to grade this draft but I’ll give it a C- Draft. Excited for the season!
random thing to note is jd bertrand played really well during the actual senior bowl game.
I like Penix, but I'd say he closer to ready to play. So it doesn't make sense they paid Kirko all the money and draft him. Hopefully he is good. We could have taken any defensive player at 8.
Finally i see some love for the Panthers draft, i really thought we killed it and people are saying we reached on Legette and Brooks and they are dead wrong imo. Bell cow do it all back we got in the second and the perfect receiver for our scheme whos biggest ? Is a late breakout? With the shit hes been through in life? Big +++ for Panthers.
Really i have bigger ? For Wallace and Barrett. Wallace has athletic positives, but instinctual ? But also has some random stats where youre like "wait thats pretty good" (i think PFF said hes let up super low number of TDs on coverage plays, sure letting up yards and catches still not good but bend and dont break works). Barrett makes me want to think he should play safety? Seemed fast, but just too small idk.
The two biggest knocks i have for our draft is no o line depth for us (we legit have a guard and a guard tackle taking reps at center like wut), and two off ball linebackers plus running back, so positional value is lacking.
Anyone know Math? Pry Not Packers fans but everyone else 😅. Cousins 4years, 100mil. 100% Guaranteed. (For comparison Justin Fields is 24, so is Penix) Meaning Penix won't get a chance to start until he is 29-30years old. 😳🤷🏻💯 Pack did this w/Love, but Love was 20 years old when he got picked. Love is pry 24-25 Rn. That makes the comp really different. I like Penix.
Kirk's contract is only guaranteed for two seasons
I said this in the comments of yesterday’s stock exchange episode and I’ll say it again. How is ruke a reach over Johnny Newton if he’s already such a beast on my madden team? Bet you didn’t think abt that Marcus.
33:10 what do you think of No 70 on Dukes O-Line. He looks like an interesting player
Good on ATL for doing it their way. I admire their bravery and thinking outside the generic box
couldnt see a hole at a dunkin donuts is golden 😂
Falcons fan here. Not a fan of the draft but I will say we really needed IDL help and if Ruke could learn from anyone it’d be Grady. If you notice developmental players are always our Targets on day 2. Thinking of guys like Bergeron, Troy Anderson, Deangelo Malone, AK, Mayfield we usually do take some off the wall athletes on day 2 under TF. Really hope this class works out but coping extremely hard lol
Was floored when they picked Ruke over Jer’Zhan Newton
@@ryanleadbitter7749 yea man smh
I have a suggestion: highlight the current player you're talking about in the list, so if people want to skip to a particular player they can.
Couldn’t agree more on Rattler man. I get it, odds are he turns out to be nothin, but his talent level alone I thought was worth a 3rd round swing and wouldn’t have hated someone taking him late round 2 with the QB run round 1. Traits wise Rattler is better than most you’ll be able to draft round 3 or later. Def a steal
I understand your point on McMillan for the Bucs vs the value of Troy Franklin. I think they probably thought that skill set would overlap with Trey Palmer. Am a bit skeptical on Braswell too but read he had a 19% pass rush win rate. Better than Dallas Turner in that metric
First comment and can't wait to see what you think about the Bengals Draft
Thanks as always for informing me on my opinions Marcus :^)
Outside of Legette and JT Sanders picks, kinda disliked our draft (another useless "freak" LB), though I'll probably love Brookes when I don't have watch Miles run into lineman anymore
Also go Ruke! Even as a Panthers fan, hope he follows in Grady Jarrett's footsteps. His name always gave me a smile on Saturdays
As a Atlanta Falcons fan, I'm pretty sure My GM Terry informant still works for the saints..🤔 ..😢😅
Michael Penix pick makes some sense to me. They felt like they needed to draft a replacement for Kirk either this year or next year and they might not have their first rounder next year. Also they were worried if they trade down that the 3 qb needy teams behind them could’ve taken the 3 remaining first round qbs. According to falcons, they won’t have another chance to draft a replacement than this year and they had a better grade on Penix than JJ and Bo so that’s their opinion.
You can hate all you want but it’s not as much of a shocker as it may have seemed when it happened.
Thank you, everybody in the comments think they the GM, let the players play first before goin with a opinion, Blank ain’t write yall a check so y yall care so much
The fact that they messed up the kirk negotiating by tampering isn't an excuse. Losing a 1st for that is enough of a fireable mistake.
Falcons really doing everything in their power to not pull away from the rest of the division
Miles Sanders couldn’t see a hole in a Dunk’n Donuts 😂😂😂
Loved the Penix pick. Rise up
LOL at the pancake block at 39:48
Funny I actually compare brooks to Leveon bell with his patient running style and vision also being very slippery to get off tackles
Way too lenient on the Penix pick……. It’s the worst process in NFL draft history without hindsight
The good thing to be said about it is, Kirk is 36 and coming off an injury, and Penix is a pretty solid QB prospect for pick 8.
@@JohnSmith-tm5sh he’s a plug and play high floor QB who doesn’t need development and can play right away, would be way higher on the pick if it was JJ McCarthy
nah
@@dryknuckles2327 agreed
Unless Cousins gets injured or simply under-performs. Then it's genius. Look, in reality, Cousins is the bad deal. If Lamar is a bust based only on his playoff performances, what does it say about a guy who has been in the league longer, is worse in the playoffs _AND_ the regular season? Even without the age & injury concerns, he is WAY too great a reach.
It's not like Daniel Jones where he's still young enough he might change. The Vikings offense was *designed around his strengths **_and had Justin Jefferson!_* I think we've seen his ceiling & now he's recovering from a torn achilles at this age.
They didn't know Penix would be there or that they wouldn't need to trade up. So Penix isn't the head-scratcher. As for Cousins, well, he's guaranteed 100 million $ if he Never Plays.
I think he'll be okay.
Yeah these were solid drafts
My only criticism of the Panthers is that I wish they would have addressed the O-line a little more in this draft. I like Moton and Hunt on the right side, and the hope is Ekwonu takes the next step at LT. But I still have serious questions about LG, C, and their depth. There were a bunch of REALLY good interior linemen available on day 3 and boy would I have loved it if they had brought in a Mahogany, Limmer, McCormick, Nourzad, or Bortolini. Damien Lewis and Corbett scare me in that interior lol.
Im with Marcus in that the trade AND selection of Orhorhoro is far more egregious than the Penix selection. When i saw they had traded up, I was hoping it was for Newton... and then the announcement came in. Should've kept #79 and taken a better WR prospect or a boundary CB. I really want to know who their area scout for the SE is and exactly how much power they have given the John Fitzpatrick/Zion Logue picks in recent years and even the Woerner signing.
I believe they didn't wanna tell kirk cousins about this before signing him because this was their plan the whole time, and if they told him, he wouldn't have signed there.
Atleast they didn't take Tim Tebow 2.0 like the Vikings did 😳😳😳. Guy was missing throws 3-5 feet at the combine. Penix is a good player, just won't start til he's 29-30. I liked Hooker, pry never taking Goff's job.
Most people only look at this with the benefit of hindsight. When we signed Kirk bothJJ and Bo were deemed day 2 guys and there were a ton of teams in need of qb so it was a good decision to sign Kirk and then probably a good decision to sign a future qb seeing that we probably wouldn’t be in striking distance of a similar caliber qb prospect in the future.
huh? How is it hindsight to say that this was bad process. This idea that the Falcons, who've been mid for years and wasted draft picks are suddenly going to be too far away to draft a qb is also pretty comical.
Ran back across this one. In my opinion, Ebiketi just came off a 6 sack year. Let him start now…earn his extension. Ruke can be a good rotation with Jarret coming off ACL. Trice will compete. Falcons are good.
I agree with the Orhorhoro pick being worse than the pick at #8. At least with Penix, you didn't have to give away any picks to pick him.
You would think Newton would be the perfect Grady Jarrett heir apparent but the falcons for some reason always go depth when the falcons haven’t had an alpha pass rusher since John Abraham.
Falcons fan, but I truly do not think i'm on copium. This draft was terrible asset management, but I really like the players, the day 2/3 d-lineman (mainly trice and dorlus) are the guys I wanted, the trade was just questionable. I truly think our defense is better and all 4 mid round guys are going to be 300+ snap guys in year one, the one unthinkable thing is that we didn't come out with any of the CBs that dropped to the mid 2nd. There is really no reason that we should have let Kool-aid go to Nawlens or Dejean go to Philly or that we didn't pick up someone like Myles Harden and sign Zion as a UDFA.
The reason I give the Penix pick an F has nothing to do with him as a QB, and everything to do with how the pick was completely inexplicable from a business and team-building perspective. One way or another, you're either gonna have Penix sitting for 3/5 years of his rookie deal or you're gonna cut Kirk Cousins after a year or two and take on massive amounts of dead cap. The fact that Penix will be 28 years old when the totality of Cousins' contract has concluded is just a shit covered cherry on top. Also, it ignores MAJOR needs at their iDL and CB, the latter of which they didn't even bother with. And finally it likely pissed Kirk off and is going to create a really weird team dynamic.
None of that even mentions the fact that I had Penix way down the board as my QB6 and I didn't think he was worth a pick inside the top 20.
If Kirk get hurt n you ain’t got Penix, we gon be in the same situation we was at the beginning of the yr
@@ItsKillaBouie That’s true for almost every team in the NFL and they don’t spend a top 10 pick on a backup. If they were in love with Penix or if they were worried about Kirk’s health, they should have never signed Kirk to an expensive long term deal. They should have signed a Minshew or Brissett to a cheap 1 year deal to either mentor or backup Penix.
You have to wonder if this hurts them with free agents going forward, as well. This is a bad look for the team.
Can’t wait to watch Ruke cover Chris Godwin in the slot this year
As a Falcons fan my take is that the Penix pick is not as far fetched as people are making it out to be. The worse move was definitely the 2nd round trade up. Cousins will get over it, he got his guaranteed money and bedsides it seemed clear to me that the Penix pick wasn't planned, it was made on the fly so he learned of it as soon as they did it. If it works out they are set at Qb for years so it's worth the risk. That being said they didn't kill this draft overall and thats disappointing. And to trade up and reach for a guy? very bad.
If im the panthers, im gonna get trevin wallace to work on his pass rushing moves and see how he does as an edge. I think his skill set and athleticism fits better in that role. Less costly in the pass game. Hes young and can put some size on, 6’1 238ish pounds is a bit light but you can put some weight in him. And you honestly have to teach him the same amount of linebacker stuff as you do edge stuff lol. It also gives the 3rd round pick more value since its on edge. Just go let him be an athlete and raise hell on the edges on 3rd downs for a bit. See how it goes. 🤷♂️
Can’t wait to come back to this video 3 years from now to make you eat your words.
If the Falcons got Newton and Trice on day 2, people would be talking way different about their draft.
I could 100% see Rattler coming in and being the franchise QB. Not saying it’s a lock, but I could I see him being a top 3 QB from this class.
Here's my issue with the Penix pick. Dude's going to be 28 about 3 years from now when he'll finally get the reigns. I don't know that you spend that high of a Day 1 pick on that. Plus, the Falcons are literally the epitome of the 28-3 meme at this point.
He’s 23 finna be 24
So if Penix starts at 28, then plays for 7 more years at a high level, would you call this a bad pick?
He'd be 35 at that point, not ridiculous to think a pocket QB is making it to 35 if he has the talent.
Most teams would give up multiple firsts for a QB that was a great starter for 7 years.
(If your issue is injury history, then that's a different thing, I'm just talking about age)
@@codyb.3015 let’s been honest, if Kirk get hurt or start slacking, he getting replaced, this the NFL, Tom Brady wouldn’t have a chance if Drew Bledsoe ain’t get hurt, that’s how this goes
I think the Saints & Bucs are the only deserving of an A grade with these drafts tbh
Thank you Falcons for getting the rest of the division good publicity. Drafts like these will get us out of the worst division in the NFL lable eventually
The rational for the Penix pick: Kirk has a 2 year deal, not actually 4. With Kirk, we will not be picking high enough to select a top QB while Kirk is still here. After he’s gone, we’d be back in QB purgatory. Not to mention, next QB class is very weak. The Penix pick makes sense. Taking Ruke over Newton is inexcusable though
I'm sick of pundits fretting the ages of players as if a given 24yo is worthless. My actual concern re QB Penix is his health. That's more of a true issue than his age for Christ sakes! I'm watching George Blanda fr the early 60's n recalled him playing in the 80's...granted, he was an anomaly!
I just feel like the organizational process that the Penix pick represents is what makes it so awful, there is very little about the Falcons plan that makes sense for the short-term, future, or financially.
I’m so frustrated with this team!!!
I would've liked to see the bucs draft a linebacker this is looking to be Lavonte David's final season.
But we're focusing on winning the division this year and Winfield has shown he can lead the defense
I'm a big fan of Dennis from last year BTW!
I think Penix pick is more like a D. Very much a not win now move
panthers had the greatest draft ever but penix overshadows it
Number 8 at 39:52 probably accurately represents how Falcons fans felt when they announced Penix at 8
People were saying the panthers were a pretty good situation at this time last year, what if Bryce Young just...kinda sucks?
Then we'll know for sure but regardless of what we were saying, you can't possibly have watched the Panthers last year and thought that was a serviceable situation for a Quarterback.
Last year the panthers could’ve Been a lot better if half the team didn’t get hurt.
@@ThatFranchiseGuy Then you are saying the evaluation last year was wrong? I'm not even disagreeing that it was a bad situation (despite the corpse of Andy Dalton looking ok in his 1 start), my question is more will this year actually be enough for people to "know for sure"? How much improvement does Bryce need to show?
Look... Andy Dalton cooked in that game I'm not even gonna lie.
Seattles defense was pretty terrible, Bryce had a similar performance late in the season against an equally bad Packers Defense.
I've been saying that I was drastically wrong on both how good the Panthers situation was and how good Bryce would be right away.
Surprised Penix isn’t an F esp since considering ur grade cuz I feel the same.